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Explore the Future of AI in Higher Ed at SXSW EDU 2025

This March 3-6 in Austin, TX, the SXSW EDU Conference & Festival celebrates its 15th year of exploring education's most critical issues and providing a forum for creativity, innovation, and expression.

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Chinese Startup DeepSeek Disrupts AI Market

A new low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model is wreaking havoc in the technology sector, with tech stocks plummeting globally as concerns grow over the potential disruption it could cause.

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OpenAI Unveils 'Operator' AI for Performing Web Tasks

OpenAI has launched "Operator," an AI agent designed to perform web-based tasks autonomously using its own browser. Currently available as a research preview for Pro users in the United States, the tool aims to automate everyday activities such as filling out forms, ordering groceries, and even creating memes.

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Google to Invest $1 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic

Google is reportedly investing more than $1 billion in generative AI startup Anthropic, expanding its stake in one of Silicon Valley's leading artificial intelligence firms, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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Tech Giants Launch $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Network Project

OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle have unveiled a new venture, Stargate, through which they aim to build a massive AI infrastructure network across the United States. The initiative, which was announced at the White House with President Donald Trump, has been described as the "largest AI infrastructure project in history."

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Study: 1 in 10 AI Prompts Could Expose Sensitive Data

Nearly one in 10 prompts used by business users when interacting with generative artificial intelligence tools may inadvertently disclose sensitive data, according to a study released by data protection startup Harmonic Security Inc.

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Meta AI Releases Open Source Machine Learning Library to Tackle Dataset Management Challenges

Meta AI has announced LeanUniverse, an open source machine learning (ML) library designed to address the growing challenges of managing datasets in large-scale machine learning projects.

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Snowflake Launches Program to Upskill 100,000 People in Data and AI

Cloud data platform Snowflake is embarking on an effort to train and certify more than 100,000 users on its AI Data Cloud by 2027. The One Million Minds + One Platform program will provide Snowflake-delivered courses, training materials, and free access to Snowflake software, at no cost to learners.

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Quality Matters Launches Advisory and Consulting Service

A new service from Quality Matters, the nonprofit focused on quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments, is designed to help colleges and universities develop a sustainable online learning strategy.

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UC Berkeley Announces Sky-T1-32B Open Source AI Model, Offering High Performance at a Fraction of the Cost

UC Berkeley researchers have introduced Sky-T1-32B, an open source, reasoning-focused language model that delivers high performance at an unprecedented cost of under $450 for training.